The Oddity Archive is a web series that revolves around the "cultural dustbin", especially as it pertains to media. The Archive also functions as an actual archive of sorts, with a modest collection of off-air Betamax and VHS recordings (about 400 total as of June, 2014). There's also a decent collection of ephemeral video, "ripoff" and "drugstore" LP's/cassettes/8-tracks, as well as (working) obsolete technology.
Oddity Archive (Season 6)
How I Spent My Summer IV (Ben Vs. Laserdisc Audio & Turntable Tune-up) (Episode 1)
Air date: 2017-07-06
Runtime: 28 min
Overview: 12 inches of Archivian goodness!
Record Ripoffs Vol. 7 (Revenge of the 70's!) (Episode 2)
Air date: 2017-07-20
Runtime: 36 min
Overview: What’cha doin’ on your rump? Hopefully, you’re watching this episode!
Elvis Has(n't) Left The Building (Elvisploitation) (Episode 3)
Air date: 2017-08-03
Runtime: 35 min
Overview: A King-sized episode for a King-sized anniversary. Of course, we can't play any actual Elvis, so let's look at some of the cash-ins based around the man.
Tape Baking (A Quasi-Documentary on Sticky-Shed Syndrome) (Episode 4)
Air date: 2017-08-17
Runtime: 34 min
Overview: A cooking show—Archive style.
LaserKaraoke Vol. 5 (+ assorted VHS & VCD Karaoke) (Episode 5)
Air date: 2017-08-31
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: New from Sing Alone Video!
Playtape & Aroma Disc (or, The Anti-Audiophile Files) (Episode 6)
Air date: 2017-09-14
Runtime: 27 min
Overview: I was burning incense on not-quite vinyl (while listening to Playtapes) before you were. Take that, hipsters.
As Seen On TV! (Mail-Order & Infomercial-Style Commercials) (Episode 7)
Air date: 2017-09-28
Runtime: 27 min
Overview: This offer will expire without notice! Order now!
Ben's Palm PDA's (& Camera "Spy" Glasses) (Episode 8)
Air date: 2017-10-12
Runtime: 28 min
Overview: A double (if not triple) dose of failure. You know you love it.
"Telecine" Film Transfer (A Nightmare In Celluloid) (Halloween Special 2017) (Episode 9)
Air date: 2017-10-26
Runtime: 31 min
Overview: The scariest (in the existentialist sense, at least) Archive Halloween to date!
VHS Vault Vol. 12 (Child Safety Videos) (Episode 10)
Air date: 2017-11-09
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: Let’s reminisce about the great bully/child abductor epidemic of the ‘90’s.
The Max Headroom Incident Revisited (30 Years On) (Episode 11)
Air date: 2017-11-22
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: The Archive returns to its deepest roots (largely because it was convenient).
Dynagroove & Friends (Vinyl Oddities) (Episode 12)
Air date: 2017-12-07
Runtime: 28 min
Overview: Oddity Archive® Vinyl: Now 50% lighter and with 50% more foreign debris!
Christmas Special 2017 (Ben's Christmas Clunkers) (Episode 13)
Air date: 2017-12-21
Runtime: 38 min
Overview: Broken equipment, bad records and loopy videos—in other words, your standard Archive Christmas.
Phoney Nostalgia (Episode 14)
Air date: 2018-01-04
Runtime: 21 min
Overview: No fees! No contracts! No service! Dial 1-800 ARCHIVE and save 0%!
Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #2 (Episode 15)
Air date: 2018-01-18
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: More hissy (and at times, indecipherable) goodness from the deepest, darkest depths of the Archive.
Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 1 (The Outsider years, Pt. 1) (Episode 16)
Air date: 2018-02-01
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: Bring your earplugs! And, no, this isn’t false modesty—these recordings are pretty harsh (in every meaning of the word).
Dolby Noise Reduction (The Hard Way) (Episode 17)
Air date: 2018-02-15
Runtime: 19 min
Overview: This is what happens when Benny-boy’s control-freak tendencies get the best of him. Honestly, it’s not too terrible. Shame the product is mediocre.
Laserdisc, Vinyl & Cassette Computer Programs (Episode 18)
Air date: 2018-03-01
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: The Archive sets sail for the United Kingdom in search of some unusual computer storage and sharing methods—we weren’t disappointed.
VHS Vault Vol. 13 (Movin' Out) (Episode 19)
Air date: 2018-03-15
Runtime: 27 min
Overview: No Billy Joel songs were harmed in the making of this episode.
Silent-Era Talking Pictures (Episode 20)
Air date: 2018-03-29
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: These talking pictures will never catch on…come to think of it, these didn’t.
Vinyl Potpourri (Episode 21)
Air date: 2018-04-12
Runtime: 27 min
Overview: Funny how a little kiddie music, a little commercialism and a heaping helping of Easy Listening stewed in someone’s garage for 40+ years equals such a lovely sonic bouquet.
Loudness Wars (Episode 22)
Air date: 2018-04-26
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Finally! An Archive episode with true A E S T H E T I C S!
Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel (Round 2) (Episode 23)
Air date: 2018-05-10
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: …because the first reel-to-reel worked so well.
Local Flavor (Part 1: Nostalgia) (Episode 24)
Air date: 2018-05-24
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The Archive is getting ready to leave Beautiful Downtown Aurora. Better look at some of our local stuff before we go.
Local Flavor (Part 2: Anti-Nostalgia) (Episode 25)
Air date: 2018-06-07
Runtime: 33 min
Overview: Let’s close our Beautiful Downtown Aurora years without any tears (maybe).
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